Anniversary celebration
The 150th anniversary of Washington City and Washington County will coincide with the Washington County Rodeo in 2010, in mid-June. The preliminary dates are June 11-13, Friday through Sunday, but confirmations with the livestock companies have to be made before the dates are official. A group of around 30 people met on Thursday night in [...]
Budget crunch
A reader referred me to an interesting school consolidation story in the Topeka Capitol Journal about some efforts in the Santa Fe Trail district. Made me think that if USD 108 and USD 223 would have started consolidation talks regarding the DISTRICT (not necessarily talking about closing high schools) then we’d be looking at preserving [...]
Leisure pursuits for young families
Tigerfan asks: Being a younger family in this community, we are definately in the minority, but it seems that there are more moving back to the area here lately. I would like to see what recreational activites people think would be great to either introduce or re-introduce. I’m thinking things to target the 20-40 age [...]
